October 2001

BE FRIGHTENED. DO NOTHING.

BE FRIGHTENED. DO NOTHING.

Attorney General Ashcroft lets us know of some potential imminent danger. Be warned, be prepared. Go with this knowledge: Within a week (well, maybe a week, maybe more, maybe not), according to intelligence sources, there may be another terrorist action.

What sort of action? The informed sources, the intelligence people, are not exactly certain.

Where might this action occur? Good question. Could be on our shores. Could be somewhere else.

SPINNING, ROLLING , BLOGGING

SPINNING, ROLLING , BLOGGING

We who blog seem to share many experiences. Of course, that's just part of the shared and common experience, the web-connected concept, what the whole blog thing is, in microcosmic form.

Like kinds find themselves.

Respond, Recover, Return

Respond, Recover, Return

Respond

Numerous websites have emerged, like spontaneous generation, in response to the events of September 11, and to the various events which preceded that day (embassy bombings, the original WTC bombing, the Navy Ship attack, and so forth).

Fund-raising and financial outreach sites are in abundance.

Not Anthrax

Not Anthrax

A bit of topical humor for the day. On a visit late this afternoon to the doctor it was once again apparent that things are never again going to be as they once were. But this was a change, actually, for the better!

Here it was a workday evening, at about the time many are getting home. I was dreading going to the doctor's office for a walk-in visit, anticipating a Monday evening rush, as is often the case.

The waiting room was vacant.